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A complete guide to the history, form and contexts of the genre, Superhero Comics helps readers explore the most successful and familiar of comic book genres.
In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book reveals:
The history of superhero comics-from mythic influences to 21st century evolutions
Cultural contexts-from the formative politics of colonialism, eugenics, KKK vigilantism, and WWII fascism to the Cold War's transformative threat of mutually assured destruction to the on-going revolutions in African American and sexual representation
Key texts-from the earliest pre-Comics-Code Superman and Batman to the latest post-Code Ms. Marvel and Black Panther
Approaches to visual analysis-from layout norms to narrative structure to styles of abstraction
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- Pages:376 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publication Date:05/10/2017
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- ISBN:9781474226363
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:376 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publication Date:05/10/2017
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- ISBN:9781474226363